Collected Item: “Prisons Are Mostly Closed to Journalist During Covid”
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Prisons Are Mostly Closed to Journalist During Covid
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images
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As this Tweet from journalist, Sara Tardiff, explains prisons are closed as a precaution to slowing the spread of Covid-19. This means one of our only windows into what is actually happening behind bars is coming from incarcerated persons using contraband cell phones.
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prison, incarceration, contraband, cell phone, journalism, Twitter
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https://twitter.com/saratardiff/status/1311724527513145345
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Sara Tardiff
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2020-10-01